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i saw them in person. i saw harry and william when they strolled out of the castle. that was interesting. nice family. >> eric: did you buy cups? >> sandra: i skipped that. should i have brought some home for you? >> eric: we'll order it. >> sandra: "happening now" now starts right now. >> we're awaiting a big meeting ahead of the summit of north korea as president trump prepares to welcome south korea's president to the white house. >> president trump is set to sit down with south korean president moon in an hour. a preparation with the summit for north korea's kim jong-un. new fallout off the f.b.i. and d.o.j. agree to share classified information with lawmakers about the handling of the russia investigation. and now some gop congressmen are set to hold a news conference calling for the
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appointment of a special -- a second special counsel amid growing white house concerns about the f.b.i. and politically motivated surveillance. >> with the revelations that our campaign may have been the subject of surveillance by the f.b.i., the president, i think, is grateful that the department of justice is going to have the inspector general look into it and determine and insure that there was no surveillance done for political purposes against our campaign. i think it would be very troubling to millions of americans if that took place. but we're very confident that as the inspector general has been doing their work looking at the conduct of the f.b.i. during that period, that by adding their focus to this that we'll get to the bottom of it. the american people have a right to know. >> another monumental week in washington john roberts is live with more now. >> jon, when is it not a
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monumental week here in washington the ceremonial guard is drilling behind us in the white house driveway in anticipation of moon jae-in the president of south korea an hour from now. the president meantime going heavy on this idea that the f.b.i. and some kind of informant who was reaching out to members of the president's campaign in 2016, three members of the campaign that we have been able to confirm, sam clovis, carter page and george papadopoulos. it's another way for the president to try to undermine the whole premise of the russia investigation. certainly gives him more ammunition that the entire thing may have been politically motivated. the president also wants to make sure the congressional investigating committees get all the information they're looking for. yesterday calling in the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and f.b.i. director chris wray to the oval office. sarah sanders the press secretary putting out this statement. based on the meeting with the president, the department of justice has asked the inspector
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general to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the f.b.i. concerning the trump campaign and agreed that john kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the f.b.i., d.o.j. and director of national intelligence together with congressional leaders to review information they have requested. last night martha maccallum interviewing vice president mike pence. he said he is deeply concerned that the f.b.i. may have actively been trying to gather intelligence on the president's political campaign. listen here. >> it's all very troubling to those of us that hold the f.b.i. in such high regard. that there are even allegations that people were assigned to surveil or even spy on our campaign. but look, the inspector general has the resources to get to the bottom of it. >> that meeting could take place as early as later on
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today. may not be until tomorrow or after that, though. there is concern that the department of justice, and f.b.i. and the director of national intelligence office will use this meeting to continue to stone wall but there is some hope that kelly may be strong enough to be able to break loose some of what congressional investigators are looking for. in the noon hour today president trump meeting with south korean president moon jae-in. probably the last time they'll get together before the summit with north korea. they'll be talking strategy on how to keep the talks on track and keep kim moving toward the table and how to approach the idea of north korean denuclearization. john bolton was talking about the libyan model where in one fell swoop the libya nuclear program was shipped aboard u.s. aircraft to oak ridge, tennessee, the national
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laboratory there. moon maybe thinks about north korea gives out pieces of its nuclear program and gets reward ed when it does that. president trump would probably like to see it all at once but north korea may not be inclined to do that. we're likely to get a press briefing that will illuminate some of what they talk about and we get to go to the oval office today. we'll try to throw a few questions at the president. >> good luck with that. thank you. >> for more on the new review into the russia investigation let's bring in daniel hopper from "the weekly standard". thank you for joining us. is expanding the scope of the current f.b.i./i.g.'s investigation the best way to figure out if there was spying, if there was spying for good reason, if it was for political purposes or if it didn't happen at all? is this the best way to get at
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it? >> not the most efficient or fastest way but perhaps the easiest way for president trump and the justice department. a way of using an existing investigation and just expanding it a little bit perhaps and thus avoiding a lot of the criticism that has come president trump's way after these tweets. >> what is the fastest and most efficient? you interested me with those comments? what's better? >> if you had a dedicated investigation on that. all these investigations take -- they are slow and take a certain amount of time. one that is solely focused on that you would think would be somewhat more efficient than something already going on with a broader scope and not just the narrow questions. >> who is trusted to carry out the investigation without, in the end, being accused of being political or somehow having an interest in the fight? who would that body or person
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be? >> that's the advantage of horowitz. he is respected on both sides. i've heard plenty of republicans and democrats praise him. perhaps for that reason this is a good idea. i don't have a strong opinion about it. simply because again, these investigations take a long time. i think we might take years to get answers and figure out what is going on. meanwhile president trump is apparently under investigation for obstruction of justice and he does appear to be pointing to justice department to do something and to look into it. you can see where the critics are going to latch onto and where it can be problematic for president trump and yet here we are. there is i think real questions about this investigation into president trump and where it came from and robert mueller and all these people have really -- there hasn't been much scrutiny on them. >> is it obstruction if he wants to know how the investigation started, for what
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reason, what was the evidence, and was someone sent into his campaign for political reasons? that's not obstruction. it seems like any president would want to know that at this point or is that not fair? >> it seems a reasonable question to ask and anybody would want to ask. there is a lot of -- i think there has been a lot of reporting on president trump but few resources by the media into robert mueller and the genesis of this investigation. i think you can be weary of president trump calling for this investigation simply because of the meddling and yet you can say he has a point. we don't know a lot of these questions and it is worth asking what is robert mueller and his team of nearly 20 lawyers, what are they doing? where have they been in the past? what have they done and do going forward? >> to sit down and look at the original documents together is an appealing idea. the documents would give you an idea of what was the genesis of the investigation.
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i wish we had more time but we have breaking news. thank you. >> thank you. >> as we told you at the top of the hour members of congress are hot about some of the behavior of the f.b.i. and these members you see here in front of you are demanding that a second special counsel be appointed to look into some of the questions about whether the f.b.i. was perhaps favorable toward hillary clinton in conducting the investigation into her basement server. congressman zeldin, meadows, jordan, desantis gates and some others have written a 12-page resolution detailing misconduct at the highest levels of the department of justice and the f.b.i. that's what they are talking about now. we'll keep an ear on it and let you know what the headlines are. also this fox news alert as four suspects are in custody in the murder of a baltimore
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county police officer. griff jenkins live from washington with the latest on the arrests. >> tragic news, fox news confirming that all four suspects are in custody now after this tragedy began to unfold yesterday. all are teenage males. baltimore county police have confirmed the initial suspect there was arrests and the female officer's death has been identified. you see it's harris, 16 years old charged as an adult with first degree murder being held at the baltimore county department of corrections and is expected to appear for a bail hearing this afternoon along with the other three suspects. we can tell you that the details are a little sketchy. they're coming out from the detectives who are taking two baltimore county social media accounts saying that there were reports that there were burglaries in progress in the area and that the female officer was responding to a burglary call and that prompted
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the jeep that struck the officer. the baltimore county officials also, jon, i'm just getting this right at this moment. identifying the police officer who was slain. her name first class amy capprio a three years 10 month veteran of the baltimore county police department. to put it in perspective, this is the 26th officer across the country that has been killed in the line of duty. but for the baltimore county police department, she is the first female to die in the line of duty in the department's 148-year history. yesterday, jon, the police chief putting in perspective how hard it is right now for law enforcement officers. >> it's terrible. we're seeing something in this country today that we've never seen before. we're seeing police officers assaulted. the number of officers who have died in the line of duty is up
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this year. the officers who have died at the hands of gunshots is up. and so we're telling everybody be on your toes. don't be complacent. work with each other. this is a bad time in the united states for law enforcement. >> we expect to hear more details at a press conference this afternoon perhaps around 2:00 or 3:00. >> so sad. our prayers to that officer and her family. griff jenkins. thank you. >> it is primary day for voters in four southern states. they go to the polls. democrats aim to reshape the south political map. the rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel is here with her take plus a community in sante fe texas, stunned by the murder of eight young people and two teachers in the horrible school shooting. what the texas governor is doing now. >> i'm convinced there is an awakening going on that will be led, i think, by young people
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swamp. people want to see washington get things done and democrats time after time have refused to work with the trump administration. it is time to bring more republicans to washington and send more democrats home. >> jon: as you know the president has had some problems within his own administration. there have been questions about management at the v.a., at the e.p.a. other cabinet departments. >> the president has tackled all those issues head on and president has always put the american people first and foremost. let's look at deregulation and record unemployment and jobs coming back to this country. what he is doing with the trade deals. the president has put his foot on the gas from day one and we are seeing the results of that with a stronger economy, with people feeling better and they will go into the ballot box in november and say republicans are the party that have fought for me, the average working american person. and they will return us to the majority and let this president continue the good work he is doing. >> jon: so if democrats do come
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at you as chairwoman of the rnc and come at you with a drain the swamp slogan you are ready to take that on? >> great, let's drain the swamp and make sure nancy pelosi isn't speaker of the house. she have is the swamp. nancy pelosi with her money, with all that she does to control her caucus is the absolute definition of what the swamp means and i think a lot of americans recognize that and they do not want to see her return as speaker of the house. they know what that means. government will stall, she will probably bring impeachment proceedings and shut the united states of america down for business while she continues her partisan pandering to her base and it is not good for the american people. >> jon: the economy as you well know is generally issue number one in most elections. do you think the improving economy, the higher stock market, the reduced regulations and so forth that have come under the trump administration, do you think that those are going to propel more republicans to victory? >> i do. i see it as i travel the
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country. i was in colorado yesterday. people feel so much better about their lives. they have more money in their paychecks. they can pay for college for their kids or they have more money for groceries or gas. people know that republicans voted for the historic tax cuts and they also know that every single democrat across the board voted against middle class tax cuts. that is something that they will be thinking about when they go and vote in november. who do i want to return to washington people who fought for me, who fought for me to have a bigger paycheck or people who obstructed and resisted? i think the answer is very clear and that's why we'll see more senators in the senate and continue to keep our majority in the house. >> jon: you aren't afraid of the blue wave that so much has been written about coming in november. >> i'm not. i think the democrats have a lot of division. you will see it highlighted in some of these primaries especially in texas where you have the bernie sanders wing for laura moser and the
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democrat establishment for lizzy fletcher and i think that will continue to play out. hard to heal those wounds and win in november. i feel good about the ground game. we have made voter contacts and more engaged. we're ready to win and keep and expand the majorities in november. >> jon: it is primary day in four states today. ronna mcdaniel is chairwoman of the rnc. we'll let you get back to work. >> melissa: one state looking to make a huge change to who can get free healthcare coverage. why one official says it will create utopia for illegal immigrants. massive floods in north carolina. the problems people are facing there today. >> i've been working for two years and the first time i've seen it this bad. i always park here because there is a drain over there. i wasn't expecting it to be submerged. it is like a swimming pool right now. sometimes a cough gets in the way of a good night's sleep.
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>> melissa: california could become the first state to offer free healthcare coverage to illegal immigrants. a proposal now sparking a serious backlash. jonathan hunt is following this story live from los angeles. jonathan. >> this is another major battlefront in the ongoing war between california and trump administration as some politicians push free health coverage for undocumented immigrants. others call the idea a disaster that will turn the state into the magnet for immigrants the world over. >> getting welfare benefits. you have free healthcare coverage and then you can hide because government itself is protecting these people even they commit crime. it will be utopia for illegal immigrants. >> the proposal was introduced by state senator ricardo lara
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who grew up without healthcare coverage as the son of undocumented immigrants. making california first and only state in the nation to offer free healthcare and senator is just fine with that saying california has never waited for the federal government or for a political climate to take leadership on a whole host of issues. but the potential cost disturbs many other political leaders including the orange county supervisor, the o.c. being one of several local jurisdictions joining the trump administration's lawsuit against california's so-called sanctuary state policies. >> when they say it's $3 billion you don't know how much it will cost. are we talking about 1.2 million people? you know what? they are really pushing it way too far. >> if the bill makes it to governor jerry brown's desk during this legislative session, he is required to sign
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or veto it by september 30th. just five weeks before the mid-term elections. so whatever decision the outgoing governor makes will add a lot of spice to those mid-term elections come november. >> melissa: a lot of people will be watching that. jonathan hunt, thank you. >> jon: the latest on a slow motion disaster hitting an island paradise as fountains of lava pose new dangers in hawaii. a new report from the big island straight ahead. the summit between kim jong-un and president trump in jeopardy after north korea threatens to cancel. what happens if diplomatic talks fail with the north? >> i don't think president trump is thinking about public relations. he is thinking about peace. you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar.
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>> melissa: fox news alert. as we await the arrival of south korean president moon jae-in at the white house, the two leaders expected to discuss how to keep the korean peninsula on track toward complete denuclearization. this as a small group of journalists arrived in north korea to cover the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site. notably excluded were any south korean reporters. the change in tone began last week where north korea scrapped talks with south korea before
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threatening to cancel next month's summit meeting in singapore. vice president pence says president trump is considering all options. >> truthfully the clinton administration and the bush administration got played in the past. we offered concessions to the north korean regime in exchange for promises to end their nuclear weapons program only to see them break those promises and abandon them. it would be a great mistake for kim jong-un to think he could play donald trump. >> clearly the president is still willing to walk away. >> there is no question. >> melissa: four star general jack keane and fox news senior strategic analyst. thank you for joining us. let me ask you first what do you make of what's going on between north korea and south korea? >> i'm not sure we understand it. clearly kim jong-un was in a diplomatic rush towards denuclearization trying to convince south korea and the united states that's what he
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really wanted to do. this has been taking place ever since the south korean olympics. and just all stopped all of a sudden when he broke off talks with south korea and he put the summit with the united states in doubt. i think one of the major things that is happening today with president moon and president trump even though they have spoken on the phones a couple of times. get together with their advisors and try to get on the same page in terms of what they believe is happening with kim jong-un and certainly what is the strategy going forward if this summit will take place. >> melissa: what seems bizarre to me, correct me if i'm wrong, they are clearly being hostile to south korea but at the same time our administration is saying as far as we know nothing has changed. they haven't communicated to us that anything is wrong and we're not going ahead. it's bizarre that they are sort of giving the cold shoulder to south korea but then seems like
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the u.s. isn't getting the same treatment. am i reading that right? >> i think you're reading it right. the president has thrown out a theory. he believes that kim jong-un's attitude changed as a result of the second visit to china. i think it's -- it could be that certainly because we just don't know. but i think it's also the entire international media frenzy that surrounded the fact that there really was going to be a summit between the united states and kim jong-un in north korea that he and china had both used the same words denuclearize the peninsula. we know it has different meanings than our interpretation of it for sure. but it looked like this peace process was working. there was a shroud developing around president trump that he was actually going to get a nobel peace prize. i've been around this asian culture quite a bit. that whole thing focusing on president trump at the expense of north korea and their leader really is offensive to them and
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they are very much about face saving. that may be what is operating here in addition to some pressure from china that we may not understand. >> melissa: interesting. at the same time today they are letting the media in to see what is the show of dismantling or blowing up that nuclear site, whatever is left of it. it is worth noting the south korean media is not there. there is one team of american television media. what do you make of that whole show and who is there and who is not? >> given a widely-held view that this nuclear test site collapsed as a result of the last major nuclear test that they conducted back in december, that it's probably a p.r. stunt. therefore the site is not usable anyway and they are trying to advertise it that they are dismantling this nuclear test site to demonstrate they're serious
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about denuclearization. without international inspectors on the scene subject matter experts and able to verify what's actually taking place there, it is likely we may not get a clearance there anyway. >> melissa: a lot of folks have pointed out the fact that north korea is very cognizant of the idea our presidents have four years. in the past it may in some cases is the accusation that it was about the president kind of running out the clock and feeling like they can't really do anything about north korea and hope knowing blows up on their watch. with president trump it's the opposite. he wants to get it done on his watch. do you think that's an accurate assessment and how do you think north korea plays that fact? >> i think that will manifest itself very clearly at the summit talks. by that i mean north korea is very sensitive to the fact that president trump has 2 1/2 years left in his administration. they would likely put on the table a very phased program to
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dismantle their nuclear program, which would involve several years going well beyond the current administration's four-year term and well into the second year term and maybe consume that. and however, the trump administration talking to them and what they've said publicly, they want this thing done in two years. they want to wrap it up. go from a free status to a disarmed status to a dismantled status and complete it all by the end of the trump administration. so that's going to be at odds with each other and that will -- if north korea is serious, i know we are, then that will be a major point of contention and also possible negotiation. >> melissa: in your mind is it acceptable to what could be the second administration or there would be another president? >> i think we should hold their feet to the fire, i really do believe that. because of past history. they want concessions.
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they don't fulfill their promises. they never have fulfilled their promises let's put it that way. i think this administration is so clear eyed about this. they know what they're dealing here. liars, cheats, manipulators. hold them to a time schedule that makes sense. >> melissa: thank you so much as always for your wisdom. we appreciate it. >> good talking to you, melissa. >> jon: from toxic gas in the air to lava destroying everything in its path on hawaii's big island the danger is growing for residents and visitors. >> activity continues at a high rate. a lot of lava out there. still asking the folks to be cautious, be prepared as lava can move around. still have high gas content. so warning the people that are down range of the vents to take necessary precautions. >> jon: we are joined live from
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the big island with the latest on a scary situation there, jeff. >> well jon, there are growing concerns this morning that lava could soon reach a nearby geo thermal plant. it has reached the edge of the property sparking fears of a possible explosion or release of toxic steam. the plant is pretty far away from the volcano summit but close to an active fissure. they harness energy from the volcano by capturing hot liquid in wells underground. crews removed thousands of gallons of flammable liquid and in the process of putting cold water in the wells. lava flows are growing in size and moving at a much faster rate now getting close to even a charter school. many wondering if there are any signs that this volcano could slow down soon. >> i would say no. this is still the early part of the eruption. especially the second phase,
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very fluid. usually the first two or three days the eruption rate is quite high and then will tail off. >> lava haze is a factor here on the island. lava is hitting the ocean creating corrosive plumes that contain acid or tiny pieces of glass. the hawaii national guard are increasing resources out there. more trucks are lined up and one guard member told us they're in place in the event of a mass evacuation were ordered. jon. >> jon: scary times on the big island. jeff paul, thank you. >> melissa: right now the governor of texas is getting ready to host a round table on school safety just days after the deadly shooting at sante fe high school that left eight students and two teachers dead. the entire community hit so hard by this tragedy including the sheriff who had a personal connection. >> my wife went to sante fe, my children go to sante fe, my grandchildren go to sante fe.
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i live in this community. my granddaughter was three doors down from where this occurred in that school. anybody wants to hear the heart stop and see how long they cannot breathe wait until that phone call comes in. until you know they're safe. >> melissa: the sheriff says the 17-year-old suspect confessed to the shootings. he is now on suicide watch at the galveston county jail. >> jon: first he testified before congress, now facebook's mark zuckerberg faces european officials on his company's involvement in the massive data scandal. plus republican lawmakers demand a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses in the top ranks of the f.b.i. and justice department. congressman louie gomer joins us live next. >> we need people to be held accountable how the hillary clinton email investigation was conducted. we will get information on that when the i.g. report lands but
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then we all get a little closer. >> melissa: mark zuckerberg getting ready for another grilling. the facebook founder is about to sit down with senior european union lawmakers who will fire off their own questions about the misuse of data on millions of facebook users. zuckerberg originally offered to send a senior executive in his place but the e.u. assembly insisted on hearing from him firsthand. >> the concerns of the american people are serious and the issues requiring and immediate unbiased and thorough investigation are broad. >> that was congressman lee zeldin calling for a second special counsel to look into alleged abuses in the russia probe. they're detailing misconduct at the highest levels of the justice department and the
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f.b.i. let's bring in republican congressman lee gomer. do you really think the american people are in the mood for a second special counsel? >> well, unfortunately this is not about moods, this is about saving the american justice system. you have got rosenstein, you have mueller, you have wiseman. people engaged in investigating russia's illegal attempt getting our uranium and they are are so much more disqualified from handling anything to do with this kind of investigation. they should never have touched it and if mueller had any decency at all he would have said as much when he said i can't be the one that does this investigation. but he ended up to his eyeballs and he has got to be
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investigated. this is -- it is so incredible how badly weaponized the department of justice was. we wouldn't have known if hillary had won. that has to be cleaned up and that takes somebody from outside. >> jon: you would have a special counsel investigating the sitting special counsel? >> you betcha. these people -- mueller was investigating as the head of the f.b.i., rosenstein as a u.s. attorney, mueller got wiseman to help him. they were investigating russia's illegal efforts to get our uranium and they forced the informant to sign a non-disclosure agreement that is insane. but the reason we know after that that the commission on foreign investments in the united states would never have approved the deal to sell our uranium that would end up in
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russian hands if they had known the full extent of the rosenstein/mueller and wiseman investigation. so they did that, hillary gets $145 million to her foundation. they get a lot more money in for other things. and that would never have happened if they had been just legitimately above board with the american people. so it's not only about stopping trump that they don't feel like should be in office. that's part of it. but it is also covering themselves, keeping the statute of limitations going on their own collusion in this matter. we have got to have one and actually, jon, back in june of last year i was telling the president, mr. president, mueller needs firing worse than anybody in washington but you can't fire him because we've got weak-kneed republicans who are out there saying they will push for impeachment if you
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fire him even though he desperately needs it but you can appoint a second special counsel to investigate rosenstein, mueller, wiseman and these other folks. and so that's what i was hoping last june and lee zeldin is very thoughtful, articulate guy and he has put together an excellent resolution documenting just why we need a second special counsel so bad. if mueller and rosenstein had jeff sessions integrity we would not be having these problems. but they don't. and they need to be investigated. >> jon: you have suggested the mueller investigation amounts to virtually a coup of a duly-elected president. >> eric holder falsely testified before our judiciary committee but not speaking falsely when he told cnn i've known mueller for 20 or 30
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years and he is not going to stop until he gets something to indict trump for. he knows it. that's what mueller is shooting for. that's why this investigation has been so far ranging and so far reaching. he wants something to take trump out one way or another. >> jon: congressman louie gohmert, republican. >> thanks for caring. >> melissa: everyone is welcome to use the facilities is the word from starbucks. why the new bathroom rule is getting a mixed reaction from workers and customers. once there was an organism so small no one thought much of it at all. people said it just made a mess until exxonmobil scientists put it to the test. they thought someday it could become fuel and power our cars wouldn't that be cool? and that's why exxonmobil scientists think it's not small at all.
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>> coming up on "outnumbered" moments from now the president will welcome south korea's president to the white house. the planned summit between
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president trump and kim jong-un front and center. with renewed rhetoric from the north can mr. trump succeed where all others have failed and get the north to give up its nukes? the f.b.i. and d.o.j. say they will let the president and other white house staff see documents related to an f.b.i. informant who met with members of the campaign staff. what will they expose? all that plus our #one lucky guy, "outnumbered" top of the hour. >> melissa: starbucks has a brand-new policy allowing everyone, even those who don't buy anything, to sit in its cafes and use the restroom. the new open policy is getting mixed reaction from customers and employees and it comes just weeks after two black men were arrested at a philadelphia starbucks because they didn't buy anything and wouldn't leave. christina from fox business news is live at starbucks in new york city. christina, tell us more about the policy change and how it is
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going over. >> what we're seeing now even i went in to use the washroom and no questions asked. i didn't have a starbucks cup in my hand. they're opening their doors to everyone as long as you don't sleep in the starbucks, don't do drugs, alcohol or anything inappropriate in the washroom. they want to be inclusive. the reason is because in april they arrested two african-american men because they happened to be sitting there. the men say they were having a business meeting. starbucks has apologized and just five days ago there was another racial situation where a starbucks employee wrote a racial slur on a starbucks cup to a latino customer. this is a problem. but based on the people i've spoken to today, because i'm in downtown manhattan it seems to be positive regarding the new policy change. listen up. >> it's a private business. they can do what they want. if you want to go sit in there and they will let you, that's
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great. >> in is what the country is down to, someone's bathrooms? come on, give me a break. >> obviously i'm in a downtown location. the type of crowd that goes in and out. a lot of people on twitter are angry wrote to me saying they never want to go to starbucks again or smelly. overall this has to do with a bigger issue, racial bias. there will be a sensitivity training at 8,000 starbucks locations next tuesday. they will be closing the store for half a day just to overcome this issue amongst starbucks employees. back to you. >> melissa: here i thought it was just coffee. christina, thank you. >> jon: meeting at the white house. waiting for president trump to welcome the president of south korea any minute now. let's take a look at some numbers:
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